Ryan S (he/him)
5.0
(9)
Less than a year on StartPlaying
19 games hosted
Highly rated for: Creativity, Storytelling, Voices
About me
Hello storytellers. I am a GM who ran his first game at 13 and have loved the hobby ever since. I lover RPGs off the beaten path with a strong story telling focus. I am also a avid board game and wargamer. I love Sci-Fi, fantasy, and all types of story telling.
GM Style
I am a Player focused collative story teller. I want to take what you bring to the narrative and make it our focus, not just run an adventure that any group of heroes can slot into. wile combat and mechanics of a game are important, they take a bit of a back set to the Goals, fears, strengths and fawns of the the PCs. I tend to do a lot more theater of the mind over mins and maps giving us all as players the ability to imagine wants around us. I like to run all kinds of games form high octane action, down to charter focused drama and even some suspense and horror if the story calls for it.
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Game Master Reviews (9)
Proficiencies
Players say this GM is great at:
Creativity
Storytelling
Voices
I've been playing TTRPGs with Ryan for over a decade. He is incredible at building a world full of mysteries and interesting plot threads, but he doesn't force you down any paths. As a player, you're welcome to pull at whatever plot threads you want, and he will continue to build the game around the paths you choose to go down. Another thing I've always really appreciated about Ryan's GMing is that he does his absolute best to weave the players' backstories into the overarching plots, making your character and their backstory feel important to the bigger plots that he writes. Ultimately, he is a master at creating interesting worlds and leaving tempting plot breadcrumbs, but ultimately leaving it up to his players to decide where the story will go next, and at the end of the game, you'll look back and see how well he wove everything together into one big story full of forshadowing, deep themes, and choices that are never as simple as black and white.
Ryan is an awesome GM! His worldbuilding is masterful, allowing for elements to simmer in the setting and characters before bringing them to an intense boil. He seems like a veteran of basically every board game and TTRPG there is, so he is extremely versed in the mechanics and rules of the games, although he doesn't allow for mechanics to cripple the story he and his players are telling. He gives great performances as NPCs, is very descriptive, and delivers excellent twists and turns.
I've been playing TTRPGs with him for more than 3 years at this point. He is very respectful, smart, and kind. He has an amazing sense of humor and knows his memes too. His characters always brought interesting aspects to the story. Very creative in terms of player choices and their outcomes. He s open to any dumb suggestion and prefers the fun way %100 of time to the right way to do things. Failures at his table are also quite fun for this reason.
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